"Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of ..."
"This classic Christmas story by the author of REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM features a child as memorable and charitable as Dickens's Tiny Tim. Born on Christmas Day, Carol is the Bird family's special Christmas baby. As her tenth birthday approaches, declining health threatens young Carol's life. Her only wish, however, is to plan an unforgettable Christmas celebration for the poor Ruggles children next door. Few characters have embodied ..."
"At seventeen, Rebecca inherits her Aunt Miranda's estate and she has high hopes of turning it into a working farm, taking care of her large family, and getting to know railroad executive Adam Ladd even better."
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"There are too many children at home and not nearly enough money to care for them all. So Rebecca must leave her beloved Sunnybrook Farm to live with two aunts she barely knows. But the aunts think they know Rebecca; in fact they really wanted her older sister. Rebecca has courage and intelligence and her own special brand of charm - and she's going to need all that and more. How this very special girl wins the hearts of everyone who com ..."
"The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as much as possible, yet never losing sight of the fact that he carried the mail. The hills were many, and the reins lay loosely in his hands as he lolled back in his seat and extended one foot and leg luxuriously over the dashbo ..."
Foreroom Rug(1stEdition) (Woolgatherings for Dyers & Spinsters S.) by KateDouglasWiggin, Rowena Edlin-White, Dee Duke Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 1998 by Woolgatherings Import ISBN-13: 978-1-900074-11-7, ISBN: 1-900074-11-7
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"I don't know what gives it that simply gorgeous look, whether it's the full curtains,
or that elegant screen, or Rebecca's lamp. But you certainly do have a faculty for
fixing up. I like a pretty room, too, but I never have a minute to attend to mine."
"Listen as I read it aloud again, Mother. Land," he continued, chuckling, "I can just
see the last flap o' that boy editor's shirttails as he legs it for the woods while
Becky settles down in his revolvin' chair! I'm puzzled as to what kind of a job
editin' is, exactly, but she'll find out, Rebecca will. An' she'll just edit for all she's
worth! "'The thought that God has planned it so/Should help us bear the years,'"
Uncle Jerry re ..."
"Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up."
"Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of ..."
"Photo by Andrea Pfleger. Page 254: Jean's father, Page 256: Jean's mother,
Page 258: Andrea and small friend. Courtesy of G. P. Putnam's Sons Pages 260-
261 : The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA. Page 263: Detail. Collection of
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"Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS $3.95 THE STORY OF ... by George W. Edwards POEMS OF CHILDHOOD By Eugene Field Illustrated by Max field Parrish MICHAEL STROGOFF By Jules ..."
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm327 pp. Original light olive cloth with idyllic picture plate on front cover, dark green titles & leaf design with peach flowers on spine. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. She faces many trials in her young life ..."
Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm,(1stEdition) by KateDouglasWiggin Hardcover, 347 Pages, Published 1903 by Houghton, Mifflin, And Company ISBN-13: 978-1-111-36155-6, ISBN: 1-111-36155-X
"Lang: - English, Pages 347. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1903]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but i ..."
"This elegant edition of 10 classic tales of The Arabian Nights features a powerful introduction by Mark Helprin, offering new insight into the "thousand mercurial forms" and "inexact nature" of these Eastern tales. Helprin probes for fresh understanding of our culture's deep engagement with these fantastical imaginings which, after being passed along orally for thousands of years, evolved into what we have come to know as The Arabian Ni ..."
"Few characters embody the spirit of Christmas more fully than Kate Douglas Wiggin's Carol Bird. This classic Christmas story by the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm features a child as memorable and charitable as Dickens's Tiny Tim. Born on Christmas Day, Carol is the Bird family's special Christmas baby. As her tenth birthday approaches, declining health threatens young Carol's life. Her only concern, however, is for the happiness ..."